Agenda item

THE SIR THOMAS GRESHAM CHARITY - RISK REGISTER

Joint Report of the Town Clerk, Chamberlain and Director of Community and Children's Services.

Minutes:

The Committee considered a joint report of the Town Clerk, Chamberlain and the Director of Community and Children's Services which detailed the key risks for the Sir Thomas Gresham Charity. The report outlined the current risks and highlighted that there had been no new risks or changes to existing risks or scores since the previous annual review on 21 October 2016.

 

Members noted that a former Member of the Court of Common Council had queried whether the Committee had been fulfilling its obligation in assisting poor persons in debtors’ prisons. The Chairman advised that the Debtors’ Act, which came into effect in 1869, rendered this element of the bequest and the Committee’s responsibility in this area redundant. The Town Clerk was asked to confirm this with the Comptroller following the meeting to provide absolute surety.

 

RESOLVED – That the register be agreed as an accurate record of the risks faced by the charity and that appropriate measures are in place to mitigate those risks.

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